Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource An efficient approach towards clustering using K-means algorithm Subject The topic of the resource Distance measure; Elbow method; Gap-statistic method; Hopkins index; Partition clustering; Standard K-means process Description An account of the resource Cluster analysis is one of the major knowledge mining methods in the field of data analytics; the approach used for clustering will influence the accuracy of the results and quality of the obtained clusters. A good clustering process or algorithm is one which increases the fit of the data points in each cluster and which satisfies the clustering criteria, if these measures are not met adequately the desired pattern will not be seen and the patterns obtained for analysis may turn out to be inaccurate or insufficient. This paper discusses the standard k-means clustering algorithm and provides an efficient approach towards clustering using the standard global K-means algorithm; the process eliminates the need for initializing random number of clusters multiple times which is followed as the standard process in the field. The effectiveness of the proposed approach was analyzed using the benchmark dataset and the implementation was performed using the well-known analytic tool R Studio and supporting packages. IAEME Publication. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Aiyappa S.N.; Ramamurthy B. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology, Vol-9, No. 2, pp. 705-714. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IAEME Publication Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"></a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85042923571&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=f7d89e778c57439631dd5457aa75fade" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85042923571&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=f7d89e778c57439631dd5457aa75fade</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 9766308 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Aiyappa S.N., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India; Ramamurthy B., Department of Computer Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India